Screen and hanger therefor.



JACOB ALPHEUS OVERLANDER. OF .NEW YORK, N.

OF LINCOLN. NEBRASKA.

SCREEN AND HANGER THEREEDR.

Lisanne.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lllatented May '9, 1916.

Application filed October 3l. 1911. Serial No. 657,695'.

lie it known that we. Jaron Amarins ()\i:iu,.\r mai and .lus-sr; Libro(l\'r.ni..\:\'onn, citizens ot' the lnited States. residing.respertively. in the Cit;y oi! New York. in the rounty and State ot NewYork. and in the. rit)Y ot Lincoln. in the eountiv of Lancaster' anditate of ebraska. have invented new and useful improvements in Screensand Hangers Theretor. as appears by the fob lowingr specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vertical slidable-screens forwindows coinmuni)v used in dwelling houses in summer to preventinem-sions of tiies and the like.

timone1 the objects ot the invention are the following: a simple meansotl adjustment of the screen 'traine independent of window sashes.curtains or shutters. volontariV exit or egress for insectsv findinglodflment within the house and prevention ot ingress and regress ofthose 'from without.

The drawings illustrate briefly a practical application ot ourinvention.

Figure 1 is an elevation ot the window frame complete with, screen.screen frame. and hanger properly adjusted. Fig. 2. is a side riew otscreen. screen frame and hangrer detached. Fig. 3 is a cross section ofFig. l, taken on a line 3--3, showing among other things the screenframe and line. of attachment of the screen or wire Jfabric designatedas the screen plane y. Fig. 4 consists ot diagrammatic views of thediversified and modified forms of application. Fig. 5 is a detail of oneof the ofsets oe' niches in the upright members oi the screen trame.

Screen traine D connnises' two .lateral or upright members and twohorizontal mem bers miter-jointed and secured together in the usualmanner about a rectangular opening. as shown. which is covered b v thewire fabric designated screen plane y.' and is piioperly adjusted to thewindow frame A .inside ot' the window sashes. see Figs. 1 and The grooveor channel 11. Fig. 3,l abutting the 'window trame in the two uprightand lower horizontal members is adapted to retain thel supportino orsuspension cableI 5, It preferred, a flexible steel or sheet metal bandmay replace 'the cable 5 and with a like effect.

At the iespeotive angles traine and in thlev groove or 3l, screweyes 8.,Figs. l ar" of the window channel 11,' Fie'. l are entered through whichcable 5 passed. h eld in position.y as stated. and kept taut by the turnbuckle (i. .ily this means tree rertieal excursionsy o'li the sereen1trame are provided 'inde pendent oi the window curtains. sashes orshutters and vice versa. The trame D. so constructed. has on each innerma rgin ot the upright lmembers a notch. Figi. 5. positioned direetl)vopposite to -and horizontallv with each other. having vertical planesoutwardly from and substantially parallel with the edgesl of the uprightmembers and transverse planes intersecting at the outer surfate of theAframe and divergringas they extend inward and downward. netting' isuniformly attached to the inner .l .rfaee ot the screen trame until thenotches are reached. where it is looped or folded back upon itself. Fig,l, like a lip suspended in front ot' the pocket Jformed subscquently b vpushing` the screen into the notches oi' the frame before attachment.thus providing a trap in the screen at the pocket.. A small spaceintervenus between the, most dependent. portion oi the fold or loop andthe` s reen ot' the outer sident the parket, which tapers downward andinward, as at 4. Fig. to admit ot free access there to. The sides of thepocket opposite the redoubled portion of the screen eonveree to form abasal angle at the outer surface ot the frame. through the apexY ofwhich a plurality ot' holes are serially arranged as exit-s for theflies. ln lieu of the plurality of holes, as suggested, a slottedaperture 2, Fig. l, either with or without corrugated mareins, formed byattaching relatively large and small sections of wire fabric to thescreen traine extending outwardly through the oti'set and terminating atthe outer angle thereof. may be substituted. l i

ll'e may now briefly explain the operation of our improved screen. drawnover the window and screen down to the etiset. (see Fig. The insects areattracted by and approach the light. They alight upon the screen belowthe told thereot2 at the offset and tarel upward thereunder into thetrap where theyy reach thel slotted aperture or plurality of holes. asthe. ease ma r be. through which they escape. rtheir ingress or regressis made impossible by reason ci the angularity ot the planes ot the wire{abri-.Q in the oiiset apyrmiehing".f the apex at the exil;

Y., AND JESSE LLOYD OVERLANDER,

'lfhe wire fabric or The curtains are By the mechanism thus describedand shown, We providea screen that is .the simplest possible, mosteasily constructed and manipulated, as Well as the least expensive.

Vhat We claim, is:

1. A combination comprising a screen frame, exterior marginal grooves inthe members thereof abutting the window frame, a screen or Wire-fabricattached to the screen frame, screwy eyes, a turn'4 buckle,

'a supporting band or suspension cable adjusted therebyjto said windowframe, said suspension cable forming a hanger for said screen 'frame andmeans retaining the screen frame' in slidable relation with thesuspension cable,substantiallyc as shown.

. 2. A Window screen comprising a substan tially rectangular frame ofstandard thickness with the opposing ed es of the upright vmemberssimilarly notc led intermediate their ends, each of said notches havingtwo transverse planes, converging and intersectlng' at a pointcoincident with the outer sur face of the frame and limited outwardly bya third plane substantially parallel with the edges of the uprightmembers, a screen fabric attached to the inner surface ofthe frameprovided with a looped portion suspended in front of a pocket formed bybending the fabric into t ie notches and ily-exits in said screen at thebase of the pocket.

JACOB ALPI-[EUS OVERLANDER.

llf'itiiesses:

WALD M. CooNs, Y

W. Jon-N BROWN.

JESSE LLOYD VERLANDER:

Witnesses:

FRED MEREDITH, C. S. MEREDITH.

